BOARD OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONERS MICHELE SIQUEIROS PRESIDENT ALBERT ABRAMS VICE PRESIDENT ESTHER CEPEDA DANIEL GATICA JOHN KIM LINDA LUCKS KAREN MACK ------ BIANCA VITE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TELEPHONE: (213) 485-1360

CITY OF LOS ANGELES ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MAYOR

DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT 334-B EAST SECOND STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 TELEPHONE: (213) 485-1360 TOLL-FREE: 3-1-1 FAX: (213) 485-4608 BONGHWAN KIM INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER E-MAIL: done@lacity.org www.LACityNeighborhoods.com

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BOARD OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009
- 11:30 A.M. -

LOS ANGELES CITY HALL
10TH FLOOR CONFERENCE CENTER - ROOM 1060
200 NORTH SPRING STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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AGENDA

1. Introduction (5 minutes)

2. Call to Order and Commissioner roll call. (1 minute)

3. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meetings of December 1, 2009. (3 minutes)

4. General Public Comments - Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction. This agenda item will last a total of 15 minutes and no individual speaker will be allowed more than three minutes. (15 minutes)

5. General Manager’s Report (10 minutes)

7. PUBLIC HEARING - Board determination regarding the bylaw amendment application submitted by the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council (OPNC), including Commission action approving or rejecting Article VI section 1 of the OPNC bylaws regarding the size of its governing body and related quorum adjustments. (15 minutes)

8. Presentation by the City Attorney's Office regarding an overview of the certification process, including a question and answer session with Commissioners. (15 minutes)

9. Report from the Department regarding the identification of unincorporated areas within the City that do not otherwise qualify for certification. Discussion regarding the responses from adjacent Neighborhood Councils on expanding their boundaries to include unincorporated areas and discussion regarding the Department's planned efforts to outreach to unincorporated areas and adjacent Neighborhood Councils. (A copy of the letter to NCs regarding unincorporated areas can be seen here). (10 minutes)

10. Commission Business - Comments from Commissioners on subject matters within the Board’s jurisdiction. (20 Minutes)

11. General Public Comments - Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction. This agenda item will last a total of 15 minutes and no individual speaker will be allowed more than three minutes. (15 minutes)

12. Adjourn.

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Future Meetings, Future Board of Neighborhood Commissioner Meetings (INFORMATION ONLY)

(Please note: The items listed below are tentative and maybe subject to change. You are encouraged to visit the City's website at www.lacity.org and subscribe to the Commission's agendas through the Early Notification System.)

PLEASE NOTE: The regular meeting of Tuesday, January 5, 2010 has been canceled.   PLEASE NOTE: The regular meeting of Monday, January 18, 2010 has been canceled in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.   Special meeting scheduled Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in the West Planning Area, University Sr High School - 11800 Texas Avenue, LA, CA 90025.   Regular meeting on Tuesday, February 5, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in the in the Venice NC area in the West Planning area.   Regular meeting on Monday, February 15th, 2010 at the City Hall, 10th Floor Conference Center, Room 1060, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.   Regular meeting on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in the Winnetka/Reseda NC area in the South Valley Regional Planning area.

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FINALIZATION OF BOARD ACTION:
Per City Charter Section 245, the Board’s determination shall become final at the expiration of the next five meeting days of the Council during which the City Council has convened in regular session, unless the City Council acts within that timeframe by a two-thirds vote to bring the action before them or to waive review of the action.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES:
If you challenge these agenda items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence on these matters delivered to this agency at or prior to the public hearing. California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 governs the time in which a party may seek judicial review of this determination. Under that provision, a petitioner may seek judicial review of any decision of the City pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5 only if the petition for Writ of Mandate pursuant to that section is filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the City's decision became final.

RECONSIDERATION:
The Commission may make a MOTION TO RECONSIDER and alter its action taken on any item listed on this agenda at any time during this meeting, or make a MOTION to RECONSIDER at its next regular meeting as indicated below:

If the Commission moves and approves a Motion for Reconsideration at the initial meeting wherein an action was taken, then the underlying item may be reconsidered at that time.

If the Commission moves and approves a Motion for Reconsideration at the next regular meeting then consideration of the item may only occur at this regularly scheduled meeting if the item for consideration has been placed on that meeting’s agenda. If the underlying item for reconsideration has not been placed on the agenda for that next regular meeting, then it shall be considered at a subsequent meeting pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.

PUBLIC ACCESS OF RECORDS
"In compliance with Government Code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to a majority or all of the Board of
Neighborhood Commissioners in advance of their meetings, may be viewed at the offices of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment,
located at 334-B East 2nd Street, Los Angeles, California 90012, by clicking on the Department's website at http ://www.lacityneighborhoods.com/ a e2.cfm?doc=staff re orts or at the Commission meeting. In addition, if you would like a copy of any record related to an item on the agenda, please contact Bianca Vite, Commission Executive Assistant, at (213) 847-7155 or e-mail: bianca.vite@lacity.org."

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BIANCA VITE
COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

DONE
334-B EAST SECOND STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

213 / 485-1360
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